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Pharrell Williams & Louis Vuitton Sued Over ‘Pocket Socks’ by Small Company With Same Name

Pharrell Williams and Louis Vuitton are facing a lawsuit over their "Pocket Socks," filed by a company that uses the same name for a similar product.

Pharrell Williams and Louis Vuitton are facing a lawsuit over their launch of a high-end line of “Pocket Socks,” filed by a California company that says it’s been using that same name for more than a decade on a similar product. The socks received some notoriety in January when Jermaine Dupri was razzed on social media for wearing them during his Super Bowl halftime performance. In technical terms, the lawsuit accuses Williams and Louis Vuitton of infringing both the trademark to the name as well as the so-called “trade dress” — meaning the actual look of the product.

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